For those with lots of inks, I'm curious how you use them. Do you write things in a specific color (e.g., love notes in red, Christmas cards in green, etc.)?
Right now I have 3 pens needing either a refill, a flush, or ink change. Another that is about ready for same. (a color I use a lot of - Diamine Sherwood Green)
I also have two dark reds loaded. - Levenger Pomegranate and BlackStone Red Cashmere.
Purples/violets/purplish blue - BlackStone Blue Cashmere, Akkerman Voorhout Violet, Nostalgic Impressions Purple, Sterling Violet
Blue Blacks - Pelikan 4001, Diamine, Thistle #1, Thistle #2, Endiame/Webster's (today's Diamine) Blue Black
a turquoise- Diamine Steel Blue
Virtually all will get used for almost anything. Journal, letters, notes, - Client facing work will get black, blue black, Waterman Serenity Blue, maybe Akkerman Voorhout Violet or Shocking Blue, Blue Cashmere might be pushing it a little. Diamine Sherwood Green I would use for client facing. I even have Noodler's Apache Sunset - just not in a pen right now. Or Diamine Classic Red.
Hey Kansaskyle, if you're asking this because you're trying to decide what color (S) to buy. If you like it, just buy it. Sooner or later you'll put it in one pen or another
Just trying to find reasons to justify more than black. I did pick up the Noodler's 5 O'Clock shadow from WCS, but I don't have any colors (yet). I am thinking about red for some love letters.
I try to keep 4-6 pens inked at any one time. Half are inked with "work" inks. I work in a very conservative work environment so blue, blue-black or a dark gray are about all I can use. The remainder of the pens are intended for personal use so all bets are off. Reds, greens, browns or anything else I want can be used. This rotation moves a few pens out each week so I can change my choices regularly. Works for me.
Have you tried Noodler's Zhivago? Very dark green-black that looks black unless you look closely. It's quite water resistant, too.